Day: June 13, 2017

A senior Congress member from Uttar Pradesh has been removed from all party positions for purportedly referring to Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi as “Pappu”, repeatedly, in a social media message meant to laud his recent attempt to visit Mandsaur following the death of five protesting farmers in police firing. “Pappu” is the term Rahul’s critics are known to use when denouncing him, especially on social media.

Job creation was an essential element of BJP’s poll pitch in 2014 and the government is keen to address the issue well before the next national election. The concern is that unless the issue is clarified and job creation and employment clearly authenticated, the issue will become an Achilles heel for the ruling party.

Job creation was an essential element of BJP’s poll pitch in 2014 and the government is keen to address the issue well before the next national election. The concern is that unless the issue is clarified and job creation and employment clearly authenticated, the issue will become an Achilles heel for the ruling party.

Mallya, 61, later told reporters, “I deny all allegations that have been made and I will continue to deny them. Claiming no loans were ever diverted, he said, “You can keep dreaming about a billion pounds; you cannot prove anything without facts.”

Nine youngsters from the Indian Army’s own Super-40 batch in Kashmir — run along the lines of Bihar’s Super-30 — have cleared JEE Advanced, India’s most competitive engineering entrance exam, and are now eligible for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick told employees about his decision Tuesday in a memo. He says he needs time off to grieve for his mother, who died in a May boating accident. He also says he’s responsible for the company’s current situation and needs to become a better leader.

The GJM last week had called for a meeting of all hill parties. The meeting was attended by the GJM, the GNLF, the Gorkhaland Rajya Nirman Morcha, the Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh (apolitical) and the Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists. BJP sources denied that the party participated in any meeting with hill parties.